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In article <1992Jul27.220624.1369@fnbc.com> dennis@fnbc.com (Dennis Box )  
writes:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a NextStep application that occasionally goes into a (long) loop
> when a user asks the wrong query of its database. I have been asked
> to change this behaviour so that a control-c ejects the program from the
> loop, returning control to the main event loop.
> 
> My question is, where do keyboard interrupts go, and how does a programmer
> detect and use them?  The unix <signal.h> stuff doesn't work, NextStep or
> Mach or something obviously grabs signals uses them to its own ends.

You can get the next key event with a getNextEvent: method in Application, or  
you can directly querry them using the evs stuff (look in the man pages).

However, NeXT recommends you use the NXUserAborted() function to detect the  
user hitting cmd-.
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